In the summer without cooling tools, it doesn't feel good to be stuffy in the house.

Today is another fine weather, and the heat of midsummer can already be felt in the first ten days of the Thunder Moon. Although the outside of the house is open, even opening the windows cannot allow the wind to shuttle back and forth, and there are also concerns about the city's fog affecting health. Foreigners are not used to this kind of life, and the efficiency of reading is reduced when they are restless.

But fortunately, after mastering the new thaumaturgy, as the temperature continued to rise near noon, Xia De finally decided to try to actively cool down the room.

Seeing Mia lying on the desk in the study, not wanting to move, he got up and brought the basin and bucket at home, and put newspapers under these containers. Then close the study room door, close the windows and close the curtains.

As the spirit drives the elements, the elements affect the reality, snowflakes fall from the ceiling one after another, and then fall into the basin and bucket. A small part slipped off the edge, and because of the existence of the newspaper, it would not leave marks on the floor of the study.

Even though it has only just snowed now, seeing this scene already makes me feel a lot cooler.

"Meow~"

The cat squinted its eyes and looked at Luoxue's study. When Xia De wasn't paying attention, the whole cat jumped out of the desk and fell into the bucket. It probably just wanted to play in the snow.

Mia let out a "scream" and bumped around in the bucket. When Shade rescued the cat from the bucket, it was no longer interested in those white things. Probably, at least for tens of minutes.

Because of poor spirits, he just read books all day long, or checked the detective report left by Detective Sparrow. Think of those past investigation reports as detective novels.

I went out to eat at noon, and took a rare nap after returning home. After waking up, I felt that my head was much clearer, and the headache when I woke up in the morning was almost completely gone.

Back in the study, flipping through books while snowing, preparing for the exam at the end of July. And at three o'clock in the afternoon, the sound of the bell finally came from downstairs.

Xia De looked out from the window of the living room and saw a carriage parked in front of his house, so he knew that it was the servant arranged by Miss Galina to teach him.

Of course, Tifa, Duchess Galina's personal maid, could not do this specially. Therefore, the one who arrived at No. 6 Saint Teresa Square in a carriage was an old tailor and a female apprentice carrying a metal toolbox. A master of etiquette with a white wig and his young entourage in old court dress.

The old tailor and the apprentice came to measure the size of the clothes for Xia De, and then simply cut the already made formal clothes. The etiquette teacher is to teach him some speaking skills and prevent him from doing things he shouldn't do.

The matter of clothes is easy to talk about, but the conversation and rules among the nobles are really cumbersome. When Xia De was in his hometown, he knew how cumbersome and boring this set of things was, but it was only this afternoon that he realized that he still greatly underestimated the annoying degree of noble etiquette.

After the sun went down, Xia De managed to escape the tedious learning of etiquette, and put on the black formal suit made by the tailor and the apprentice together.

Another carriage stopped at the gate of No. 6 Place Saint Teresa, this time it was Miss Galina's personal maid, Miss Tifa Servet.

"Miss Servet."

Xia De walked out the door and stood on the steps to greet the maid, while talking, he straightened his neckline that was a bit strangling. When he was in his hometown, he seldom wore such loose clothes. Just now he complained a little to the old tailor, and the old tailor "threatened" that nowadays men wear silk stockings as a fashion. so he shut up

The black-haired maid was a little surprised:

"You actually know my surname. It seems that you have some skills as a detective."

In fact, Xia De heard Miss Louisa mention it.

"Miss asked me to pick you up, you get on the carriage behind."

Of course, it is impossible for a personal maid of a single duchess to ride in a carriage with a strange man. Miss Tifa Servet pointed out the location of the carriage for Shad, and she saw the orange cat poking around behind Shad.

Generally speaking, Mia would not take the initiative to leave the house, and never rushed out when Shade opened the door. It noticed that the woman in the carriage was paying attention to it, so it meowed and quickly hid behind Xia De's legs.

This made the black-haired maid smile, and then asked the detective who was taking out the key to lock the door:

"Check to see if you have that card."

"Yes."

Xia De patted his chest, waved goodbye to the cat in the house, and then closed the door.

"Okay, let's go now. After the Rhodes game, there will be a salon held by the Duke. You don't have to worry about being hungry. Detective Hamilton, get in the car. I hope you can help the lady win tonight's bet."

The location of the game this time is not the noble club in Tobesk or the manor outside the city of the old Duke Lukes. The match is arranged in the mansion of Duke Lucas in the southern area of ​​Tobesk.

The nobles and wealthy people of Tobesk usually live in the south and east of the city, and the nobles are more inclined to the south. However, the South City and the Central City are generally considered to be the most prosperous areas in the Pearl of the North, and the University District of Tobesk is sandwiched between the South City and the Central City in a curved ring shape.

After going uphill, the carriage slowed down and finally stopped at the gate of Duke Lucas' residence in the city. The mansion is surrounded by a courtyard, and the middle-aged man dressed as a housekeeper has already led the servants to stand in the hazy night and wait.

The maid got out of the car first~lightnovelpub.net~ and greeted the butler. When Shade got out of the car wearing a black bowler hat, the maid Tifa Servet just introduced to the butler the protagonist of tonight. The butler with a strong Tobesk accent paid tribute to Shad.

Followed by a group of servants, he followed the old butler and the maid, and walked towards the mansion through the not-so-large courtyard. I thought I would go to see Miss Galina first, but I didn't expect that after passing through the slightly deserted lobby of the mansion, I went directly to the second floor and met a group of people from the Prophet Association.

"The guests have arrived and are now waiting in the banquet hall on the third floor. Oh, Mr. Liming, it hasn't been this lively here for a long time."

The old butler sighed, and opened the door for Xia De. The people in the room turned to look inside the door. Xia De, a member of the Prophet Association, had never seen it before, but he saw Vice President Cyndia Mark at a glance. Mr. Mark shook hands with Shad with a smile, and then took Shad's deck for identification to ensure that all the cards used in tonight's game are genuine.

"Oh, [Ancient Fairy Tales Match Girl] and [Northern City Cold Water Harbor City]? In just a few days, Mr. Hamilton, you actually got so many new cards?"

Mr. Mark said happily that fans would be so excited to see the Rhodes card that they had never seen before.